Texts

Donal chon cendaid co cert

Incoming data

A catalogue entry is available.

Irish poem attributed to Colum Cille containing prognostications on the howling of dogs.

Manuscript witnesses

Text

Edinburgh, National Library of Scotland, Adv. MS 72.1.41

Contains two additional stanzas.

f. 14a

Text

London, British Library, MS Egerton 158

incipit: As me Colum Cille caidh Modernised version. Quatrains arranged in a different order.

f. 39

MS

Oxford, Bodleian Library, MS Laud Misc. 615

rubric: Colaim Cille cecinit incipit: Donal chon cenduigh co cert 7 qq.

p. 138.1–p. 138.7

Text

Oxford, Bodleian Library, MS Laud Misc. 615

rubric: .c.c.cc. in so incipit: Donal chon cenduig co cert

p. 138

Sources

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[ed.] [tr.] Herbert, Máire, “Some Irish prognostications”, Éigse 14:4 (Geimhreadh, 1972): 303–318.

312–315 (text and translation), 318 (notes) [‘G’] Edited from Laud 615, with variants from the other MSS.

[ed.] Meyer, Kuno, “Mitteilungen aus irischen Handschriften: Colum Cille cecinit; [etc.]”, Zeitschrift für celtische Philologie 13 (1921): 7–9.

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7–8

[ed.] [tr.] OʼGrady, Standish Hayes, “Irish prognostications from the howling of dogs”, Mélusine: recueil de mythologie, littérature populaire, traditions et usages 5 (1890–1891): 85–86 (cols).